{"id":1116396,"date":"2023-07-19T13:14:28","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/uncategorized\/program-to-attract-tech-workers-from-the-us-hits-capacity-on-slashdot\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T17:14:28","slug":"program-to-attract-tech-workers-from-the-us-hits-capacity-on-slashdot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/post-human\/program-to-attract-tech-workers-from-the-us-hits-capacity-on-slashdot\/","title":{"rendered":"Program To Attract Tech Workers From the US Hits Capacity On &#8230; &#8211; Slashdot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.ca: A    government program meant to attract highly skilled tech workers    from the U.S.     closed for applications the day after it launched when it        hit its maximum number of applicants. Last month,    Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced a new work permit    for H-1B visa holders in the U.S. -- part of a larger federal    government strategy to poach talent from abroad. H-1B visas    allow foreign nationals to work temporarily in the U.S. in    certain specialized occupations, including some in the    technology sector. Tech companies went on a hiring binge during    the pandemic but have since starting laying people off in large    numbers. That has left a lot of H-1B visa holders scrambling to    find new jobs before they're forced to leave the U.S.    <\/p>\n<p>      Applications for the work permits opened on Sunday. By Monday      the program had reached capacity, with 10,000 applicants      bidding for a permit. \"This temporary policy will last for 1      year or until we get 10,000 applications (whichever comes      first),\" the program's website says. The program is a      response to massive layoffs in the U.S. tech industry. Since      last summer, hundreds of thousands of workers have been laid      off from such major firms as Google, Microsoft and Amazon.      Fraser said he was watching the situation in the U.S. and saw      it as an \"opportunity\" for Canada when he first announced the      program.    <\/p>\n<p>      Nick Schiavo, director of federal affairs for the Council of      Canadian Innovators, said he's not surprised that      applications filled up so quickly. He said the government      should now consider expanding the program to more applicants.      \"The more that we can pull from these highly qualified      individuals that we know have the work experience, the skill      set the better,\" Schiavo said. \"As this program develops, it      would be great to see it expanded.\"    <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>See original here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.slashdot.org\/story\/23\/07\/19\/0041216\/program-to-attract-tech-workers-from-the-us-hits-capacity-on-opening-day\" title=\"Program To Attract Tech Workers From the US Hits Capacity On ... - Slashdot\" rel=\"noopener\">Program To Attract Tech Workers From the US Hits Capacity On ... - Slashdot<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBC.ca: A government program meant to attract highly skilled tech workers from the U.S.  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/transhuman-news-blog\/post-human\/program-to-attract-tech-workers-from-the-us-hits-capacity-on-slashdot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post-human"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116396"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/prometheism-transhumanism-posthumanism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}